Band 8a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist

Job Summary

An opportunity has arisen for a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist to join our Clinical Neuropsychology Service. We are part of the wider Clinical Health and Neuropsychology Service, providing neuropsychology and clinical health services within the London borough of Ealing. The Clinical Neuropsychology Service is integrated across both the Community Neurorehabilitation Team (Enable) and the inpatient Level 3 Neurorehabilitation Unit at Clayponds Hospital. The postholder will join a well-established multidisciplinary service working closely with occupational therapists, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, rehabilitation assistants, as well as nursing and medical colleagues.

Main Duties of the Job

• Provide highly specialist neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation for individuals with neurological conditions.
• Cognitive assessment and rehabilitation.
• Psychological therapy to support emotional adjustment and engagement in rehabilitation.
• Behavioural interventions.
• Consultation to the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Working with families and carers.
• Contributing to teaching, supervision, and service development.
• Assisting in clinically related administration, collection of statistics, and development of audit and/or research projects.

About [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation. Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m. The Trust is rated as 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

Job Responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached. The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology as accredited by the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) or HCPC Statement of Equivalence.
• Current registration as a Clinical Psychologist with the Health Care and Professions Council

Desirable

• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with people with neurological and/or neurosurgical conditions.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology assessment, intervention and outcome measures with patients with neurological conditions.
• Experience of working within and actively participating in a team environment and contributing a psychological perspective within the context of multi-disciplinary care

Desirable

• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Skills in the use of complex methods of neuropsychological assessment, intervention and management.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non professional groups.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and data analysis.
• Knowledge of recent government policy and legislation relevant to neuropsychological rehabilitation (e.g. NSF for Long Term Conditions, NICE Guidelines for Stroke)
• Well-developed skills in the ability to effectively communicate complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS, both orally and in writing.

Other Requirements

Essential

• Flexible and autonomous approach to clinical work.
• Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice.
• Experience of the application of clinical neuropsychology in different cultural contexts

Additional Information

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer Details

Employer name: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

Address: Ealing Day Treatment, Southall, UB1 2SH

Employer's website: https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk

Contact

For questions about the job, contact: Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist Clare Humphries, [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]